When last we left the cop and the witness, Thup was framed and arrested.
Per usual, Thup isn’t taking it too hard
Despite being locked in an interview room with handcuffs on. Shouldn’t they at least put him in a cell?
Sing promises to get him out, but Thup is just happy Sing still believes him.
King throws a fit over anyone visiting him, but later, Mek gets him Sing’s jacket. This gives Thup some comfort as he sleeps in handcuffs at a desk. The Mom ghost appears and whispers, “It’s happening.” But she’s gone when he wakes.
Sey and Darin also get a Thao Wessuwan statue. Still, Darin has a bad dream where he becomes one of the victims. He thinks it was a warning.
He does some online stress shopping and receives a suspicious pink ceramic bear he doesn’t remember purchasing.
King continues to try to win Sing back by being a huge jerk
Sing knows that King planted drugs on Thup on his father’s orders. King offers to let Thup go if Sing comes back to him. Gross. Sing passes.
But Sing feels bad when he sees Thup still stuck in that room. Thup doesn’t want him making deals with King, and is confident Sing will get him out. Just, sooner would be nice.
Sing gets a call because “evidence” has been found that could clear Thup. But before he leaves, kissing! Initiated by Sing!
By “evidence,” they mean a dead body
The man was partially sewn up like the other victims, but escaped, only to be murdered anyway. King suggests it’s a copycat, but that’s stupid.
Thup couldn’t do this and needs to be released.
King and Sing continue to investigate at Santi Tham House’s lunch counter. The latest victim was the ice deliveryman, who used to drink with Ta Khuen. Apparently, Ta Khuean is the older man we’ve seen a few times, but he’s missing now.
That victim was a Sunday baby, and it’s a Sunday. Sing worries the killer is after 7 victims again.
King is in trouble
With their boss, who doesn’t want him planting evidence. And with his abusive, alcoholic Dad, who wants him to plant evidence better. King pushes back, and his father blames Sing and threatens him.
King still sucks.
Thup is back at Sing’s, and they’re sleeping together in the tent, not the bed. To be closer to the fish? Kissing! Then, tent-destroying sex! Followed by cuddling.
Meanwhile, King tries to reach Sing and drinks.
Thup’s post-sex talk could use work
He asks why Sing lives alone. Sing’s sister is “gone,” and his mother lives somewhere else. Thup apologizes for asking.
Sing’s sister could see ghosts, but he didn’t believe her, even when she wanted help. He feels he let her die. Thup knows that Sing won’t let him die, and he won’t leave Sing.
Sing dreams of his sister, and the next morning Thup suggests they make merit for her, which Sing has never done. He takes Thup to the temple where his mom lives, and introduces Thup as similar to his sister.
While Sing makes merit, Mom and Thup gossip. Sing never visits, and Mom wants him to let go and move on. She’s there for her own reasons, not because of anything Sing did.
She thinks something dangerous is coming, and wants Thup and his gift to help Sing.
After, Thup shares the conversation with Sing. Now that Thup has been proven innocent, he doesn’t need to stick around. But of course he will anyway.
They still can’t find Ta Khuean
So they see Master Aisoon, the sick master. He explains that Ta Khuean brought him to Santi Tham 5 years ago.
Sing shares that Ta Khuean could be a serial killer, and Aisoon quickly suggests that money can change people. Like, turn them into a serial killer? It’s not common.
He lets them into Ta Khuean’s room, where they find evidence of money laundering and gambling. Illegal stuff, but not murder. Thup thinks whoever performed these rites wants more than financial gain.
Thup learns from an uncle in his hometown that the ritual can extend life or draw financial fortune. But if the ritual is disrupted, the curse is turned on the caster.
Darin and Sey are getting sexy when Darin’s purchases get knocked to the ground. The bear breaks open, and inside is one of those dolls and a talisman.
Another man who owes Ta Khuean money is missing
The man also ate at Santi Tham’s kitchen. They go to his house, where his sister confirms his financial issues.
There, they notice a package with no sender and open it up. Inside, they find a pink bear like the one Darin received. They break the evidence, revealing the lion-headed doll. The Sunday doll.
Next, more of the guy’s stuff is found at an abandoned building. Still no sign of him.
But Thup decides to face his fears and reach out to the Mom ghost for help. She directs him to a freezer, containing a body with its eyes and mouth sewn shut.
Sing and King answer the dead man’s ringing phone, and it’s Ta Khuean demanding money. They don’t answer him.
Thup feels guilty for not asking the ghost for help sooner. Sing reassures him he’s doing fine. Thup gives him a wildflower bracelet he made, and they make penis size jokes. That was almost sweet.
King promises he’s going to be a good cop now
He checks on Sey and Darin and the creepy statue they found. Before he leaves, King sees the split-mouth ghost in the window reflection. Uh-oh.
Sing can’t figure out how the murderer is picking victims. Most have connections to Ta Khuean and Santi Tham. But Darin and the chanting streamer don’t. He thinks there has to be more to how they’re being chosen
Meanwhile, the chanting streamer isn’t looking good. Nor is one of the other streamers, who also sees the ghost reflected in a window. And there’s a familiar ceramic bear doll on the table.
Thup suggests to Sing that they go back to Sisaket. That’s where the first case happened, and maybe the killer is from there and made mistakes.
There was also a shaman there who performed the ritual, but he’s dead. Luckily, Thup can see ghosts. Thup would like a reward for his hard work: Sing. Sing is good for it.
Aisoon captures Ta Khuean for the police
Ta Khean denies being involved in gambling until they accuse him of murder. Then he frantically admits to gambling, not murder. He seems shocked that the victims could be dead because of their involvement in Santi Tham.
Later, Aisoon tells his followers that the murderer may or may not be Ta Khuean. Nice of him.
King gets jelly about Sing and Thup going to Sisaket. He wants Sing to be a better team with him. Not now, King.
Thup and Sing hit the road, and Sing drives too fast because he “think’s he’s a racer.”
In Sisaket, Thup’s adoptive family adopts Sing
As Thup’s partner, this sweet older couple demands that he stay with them.
When it’s just the two of them, Sing points out that he hasn’t agreed to be Thup’s partner yet. They have a situationship. Once they finish the case, THEN he’ll call him his partner.
Thup is more than patient with this silliness. As long as Sing keeps the ghosts away. They’re sharing a small bed, but Sing looks happy and shy to have Thup smiling at him.
Thup’s Uncle knows where the shaman lived, but not much else. Just that the longer this ritual goes on, the more it turns back on you. Also, the cop who worked the case lost his mind. Staying away from it all is for the best.
The shaman has been dead for a long time, but his spirit is still vicious. Thup thinks that because the shaman extended his life with others, he hasn’t been reborn, and his power is still contained in his house. He holds Sing’s shirt as they enter the house, but eventually lets go.
Thup asks Sing to leave, and once he steps outside, all the doors and all the windows slam shut. An old man ghost tells Thup he’ll die.
Thup backs up from him into a whole bunch of nasty-looking ghosts
I had trouble following the clues, but I think I’ve got it
Our bad guy has to restart the ritual. Their first Sunday victim gets away. So they go after a new Sunday victim. The police find this body because the killer couldn’t hide it at Santhi Tham with all the police activity there, and Thup can talk to ghosts.
I can believe that the bad guy is getting desperate and sloppy because they have to redo the murders with the police watching. So they accidentally drop the victims’ stuff around. And they can’t know Thup can get ghost help. Thup only just realized it
But why would Sing and everyone think Ta Khuean would call someone they’ve killed and demand money?
Personally, I think Aisoon is being too helpful. We’ll see.
I’m also not 100% certain how the victim killing works. According to earlier, they kill one person a day. But they still need to re-kill Sunday? Do they have to do it on Sunday? So the police have another week? Or have they already killed anyone else? When is King’s birthday?
It’s nice character growth to see Thup overcome his fear of ghosts enough to ask one for help. And I’m still very curious if/how this will all tie in with Sing’s sister.
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